Try using clay bar, then paint cleaner, then Menzerna Final Polish II, then two coats of synthetic wax on your windshield. After you do that, the next time it rains, and you're driving over 60 MPH, you'll notice that you don't even need your wipers because the rain will just slide off your windshield. I do the above on all my cars, and on the ones that I do drive in the rain, when I turn on the the wipers (at low speeds), they just glide across the windshield with incredible smoothness.

 

... true. Even without treatment, rain will slide off at 140 kph - I mean, I've been told.

 

A friend of mine used to have an old Fiat Spider. Cute little car, but it did have a few mechanical issues (I know, hard to believe for a Fiat). One of them was that he was never quite sure if the wipers would work when he turned the switch. Rain-X was his backup plan, and it worked just fine.

 

Okay, so here's what I did to cover the wiper stems. I spent $3 on a set of 3/8" rubber vacuum hose caps, which fit perfectly over the stems and just squeeze onto the stems. If anyone else want to do this, the part no. 47395 at Advance Auto Parts. Similar items are available at Auto Zone as well.

http://shop.advanceautoparts.com/web...16_A%7CGRP2037____

Here are some photos with the front wiper delete completed.

 

It's a C2. Are you hoping it's not a C4S because they come with a rear wiper as well?

 

Looks nice. By the way, I did get a nice ding in my hood from the hail storm. There was one piece of hail that was the size of a lemon and I guess that's the one that did the damage. It's not noticeable from most angles, so I'll wait to get it fixed.

 

Bummer about the hail storm ding. August was a rough month. I mean, hail storm, then earthquake, then hurricane. Uggh. At least we got our power back in about a day and a half after the hurricane. A few large trees in the back yard toppled, which we still need to deal with.